MACON, Ga. — A man is dead after being hit by a pickup truck early Friday morning. According to Bibb Coroner Leon Jones, it happened around 5:30 a.m.
The sheriff’s office says the pedestrian was in the road when he was hit by a Chevrolet pickup truck going south on Spring Street just before the Exxon station.
The victim, 31-year-old Matthew Haggarty, was pronounced dead at the scene by Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley.
Jones says Haggarty was homeless and living in a nearby camp.
The accident is still under investigation.